The best Black Friday laptop deals from Apple, Microsoft, Lenovo, ASUS and others

With many online retailers already rolling out their annual Black Friday sales, a number of the better laptop discounts we expect to see on the big day itself are available now. If you need a new notebook, we’ve researched the market, checked price histories and rounded up the Black Friday laptop deals that are genuinely decent below.

As of this writing, those include several notebooks we’ve tested and recommended for their best prices to date. The latest MacBook Air is available for a new low of $844, for instance, while Microsoft's newest Surface Laptop is $300 off. The top recommendation in our Chromebook buying guide is discounted as well, as is our pick for the best Windows notebook for those on a tighter budget.

We’re updating this post through Black Friday as prices change and more deals pop up. Just remember that many of the ...